page_title: Mikulás
hierarchical_section_title: Mikulás
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: Képek a hazai népéletből, a Vasárnapi Újság illusztrációja a Mikulás-napi népszokásról
context_page_description: Mikulás is the Hungarian version of Saint Nicholas, and a similar figure to Santa Claus. In many cities, Mikulás is getting more conflated with Santa Claus. Still, it is believed that Mikulás arrives to celebrate his day, December 6, and leaves before Christmas. This tradition is also well known in Romania, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia and Poland.
context_section_description: Mikulás (or Szent Miklós) is the Hungarian version of Saint Nicholas, and a similar figure to Santa Claus. In many cities, Mikulás is getting more conflated with Santa Claus. Still, it is believed that Mikulás arrives to celebrate his day, December 6 (while some countries celebrate it December 5), and leaves before Christmas. This tradition is also well known in Romania (Moș Nicolae), Slovenia (Miklavž), the Czech Republic, Slovakia (both Mikuláš), Croatia (Sv. Nikola) and Poland (Mikołaj).
caption: An illustration of Mikulás and Krampusz from 1865
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